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c. L. PYRON'AND' ROBERT BRUcnoF Manonnsrnnjtrnnnnssian MACHINEBYEOR CHANGING lVIOTIONZI e Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,709, dated January 1860. ,1 i i To @ZZ whom 'it 'may concern: y e

Be it known that we, C. L. PYnoNiand Roer. BRUCE, of Manchester, in the county of Coffee and State of fllennessee,` have invented a new and useful Mode of Converting Vibratory into a Continuous Rotary Motion; and we do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-d Figure 1 `represents an elevation taken from the rear of a machine for changing vibratory `into rotary motion. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the samemachine showing in sections the arrangement of clutches for communicating motion from the segmental rack to the fly wheel or main driving shaft, the twolarger spur wheels Similar let-ters of reference indicate corre- `The object of our invention 1s to obtain power from the`1notion of the waves, to bev applied and used forvarious purposes, also to form a convenient method of transmitting motionqfrom the piston rods of steam engines (in cases where it is found impracticable to use a balance wheel) and converting its alternating rectilinear motion into ay; continuous rotary motion. t

Our contrivance will be found applicable for many purposes where a change ofmotion is required, and it may be readily modified with slight mechanical alterationsand adapted to the objects for which it is required to perform. i

Our invention consists in a novel arrangement of loo-se and fixed spur wheels `upon parallel shafts, with a segmental rack, from which rack projects out a suitable distance a lever or working beam, so that byelevating and depressing said beam or vibrating it a continuous rotary motion will be transmitted to the shafts carrying the `spurred gearing and this motion may be communicated to various kinds of machinery by connecting rods, belts and pulleys or other suitablecontrivance, described and represented as folunderstand our invention wel` will proceed; i y to describe its constructionand .operationl `l1 Y l The drawings represent our.. invention mounted and supportedrin a frame work 1A, 55 e e but it will be obvious byfthe following defi; scription that the size "and` proportionslof: the parts, and` their arrangementfwill` much depend upon the objects forwhich the devicef y .l is intended to serve,`therefore it will be une]` wi derstood that the drawings do notillustrate y 1 any special application `of thelfdevice, but. y 13 simply the device itself `with those `parts constituting my invention. f

Upon top of the framelAyis `afshaftlB turningin suitable? journalboxes a, 1` a, an on one end of this shaft B, isfixeda balance` wheel C, to equalize the motion of`tl1e-sliaftrl` lD, is a spur wheelkeyedsecurelyftol the.` shaft B, which `enga'ges`with` the teethbfva similar wheel D', which latter is "keyed to, shaft B, placed parallel `withfshaft` B These wheels are operated lsoas to turnii opposite directions,` and with al uniform `con tinuous motion,by` a segmental rack E,` which works upon; a shaftF, and engages with the teeth of spurwheels G, GJ j y 1 1Q J, J, are pawls recessed1 'nto thefsiilesof` spur wheels Gr, G', whichpermititheshafts to turn freely inopposite@ directions as' `in-Q;` dicated by arrows inFigsQybut whichfllock. or clutch the wheels G, G,`fto`the;shafts B B', alternately as the segmental rack `E,fosg

the rack imparts to the shafts throughg the@ medium of spur wheels D, D1', a continuou" rotary motion which motion is 1 equalized1 b a balance wheel C,as above stated.

By connecting withtheseginental rackE a working beam orleveryK., suitably braced e and of a suflicient length, greatpower can be; obtained and `by suspending *from `the exe? treme end of this leverlQfa suitableybuoy" V or float, a rotary Inotionymay be imparted` l] to the shafts D, D'yby the, surging` ofthe f waves of the sea, which; motion may bei utilized and "applied forwarious pirposes;` l This lever. or beam K,`Inaylgalso be att-ached; i

to the connecting rod ofsteam engineswhere y f a fly wheel could not `be conveniently need,`

and for many purposes where from all alterf nate reciprocating motion al rotary motionisl i e .e

desired our device Will be found convenient arranged and operating in the manner and and useful. for the purposes herein set forth.

Having thus described our invention What C L PYRON 5 2:1135 clim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Y ROBERT* BRUCE' The Combination of segmental rack E, Witnesses: Y With lever or beam K, in combination with HIRAM S. EMERSON,

clutch Wheels Gr, G', and spur Wheels D, D, DAVID WIZAR. 

